July 16, 2012
Jeannette Owens
Media Relations Office
216-433-2990
jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 12-034
NASA GLENN BRINGS THE EXCITEMENT OF SPACE EXPLORATION TO FAIRFAX ARTS & HERITAGE CELEBRATION
CLEVELAND - NASA's Director of Center Operations Robyn Gordon will
make an appearance at the Fairfax Arts & Heritage Celebration and
serve as the co-grand marshal of the parade.
The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 21 on East 83rd
Street and Carnegie Avenue to Quincy Avenue.
In 2009, Gordon was appointed to the U.S. government's Senior
Executive Service at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. She
is responsible for the center's External Programs Division,
Procurement Division, Logistics and Technical Information Division
and the Office of Protective Services.
NASA Glenn will feature two traveling exhibits at the all-day
celebration: Journey To Tomorrow and the Mobile Orion Vehicle
Explorer, or MOVE.
The Journey to Tomorrow exhibit includes a solar system scale, where
visitors can find out how much they would weigh during a rocket
launch, in space or on another planet; a simulator, in which a person
can take the controls of a lunar landing craft; and a "Dynamic
Planet," where a person can designate a rotating sphere to be Earth,
Mars, or any planet, control its speed and see interesting facts
about the selected planet with a simple touch of a finger.
The MOVE exhibit is a replica of an astronaut transport vehicle. This
mobile vehicle showcases NASA's Orion spacecraft that will take
astronauts far beyond Earth on missions to an asteroid, the moon and
perhaps even Mars. MOVE will be driven in the parade and on display
at the Fairfax Arts & Heritage Celebration.
Visitors also will have a chance to view various 3D models including
the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and NASA's new rocket, the Space
Launch System. In addition, there will be a real moon rock on
display.
Also available will be the popular "Picture Yourself in Space" photo
booth, where visitors can receive a free souvenir photo taken as an
astronaut and free NASA informational material.
For more information about Glenn, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/glenn
For more information on the Fairfax Arts & Heritage Celebration,
visit:
http://fairfaxcelebration.org/index.html
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